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This is why Larry Ellison bought almost the entirety of Lānaʻi (and Zuckerberg bought some of the remainder). Not only does it have an eight-mile moat between it and the rest of Hawai‘i, it's also got great climate and fertile volcanic soil. In fact, it was formerly the world's largest pineapple plantation.
Islands are a stupid collapse estate choice, too hard to defend from all sides of water.
Smart billionaires lock themselves inside luxury refurbished salt mines.
Raise your hand if, when the shit goes down, you're going to care about who bought what land.
Now raise your hand if you're going to be re-enacting scenes from the "Mad Max" movie franchise.